Integrating Skills Reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2)

E: Ebenezer Scrooge
S: Santa Claus
Ca: Girl
Y: Young Scrooge
A: All
B: Bob Cratchit
C: Mrs Cratchit
L: Little girl
M: A boy

E: Where are we?
S: Ho, ho, ho. Don't you recognise it, Scrooge? You grew up here. Have a look through this window.
(They watch a young man and a young woman.)
G: It is over between us, don't you see?
E: It's Lisa and I. It can't be true! How can I be looking at myself?.
S: You aren't, Scrooge. These are but shadows of the past. Watch and listen.
G: You don't care about me any more. Another idol has taken my place.
Y: What are you talking about? What idol has taken your place?
G: A golden one.
Y: What do you mean?
G: All you think about is how to become wealthy.
Y: Poverty is a terrible fate, so there is nothing wrong in making money.
G: That's not what life is about! You only have an eye for money. All your other hopes and dreams have flown into one single ambition. I've seen your nobler aspirations disappear one by one, until only one, Gain, was left.
Y: So what? I've not changed towards you.
G: Our bond dates back to the time when we were both poor and content to be so. You have changed. You were another man, then.
Y: Humbug! You've got it all wrong.
G: I wish I had! It's better for us to separate.
E: Let's go. I don't want to see this. I'm not like that.
S: Aren't you, Scrooge? Let's observe another little scene, as you might have in your life to come.
(They watch a family celebration.)
L: Father is late. I think it's because he walks slower than he used to, as of late.
C: I've known him walk with -- I've known him walk with Tiny Tim upon his shoulder, very fast indeed.
A: Tree.
C: But he was very light to carry, and his father loved him so. That was no trouble, no trouble at all.
L: Here he is!
B: My dears, what a beautiful goose you've got there. I'm sure never such a goose was cooked. And oh, what a wonderful pudding! A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!
A: Merry Christmas!
B: And we should'not forget Mr Scrooge. To Mr Scrooge, and thank him for this feast.
C: No. Not to Scrooge, that mean, hard, selfish old man. You know he is, Bob. Nobody knows it better than you do, poor fellow. He makes his clerks work so many hours and pays you so little. We never had money to buy medicines for Tiny Tim. God bless him.
B: " My dears, it's Christmas; we should not forget Mr Scrooge. Long life to him!
E: Santa, where's Tiny Tim? What happened? Tell me Tiny Tim will live. Have mercy!
S: Ho, ho, ho. Scrooge, these are shadows of what may happen in the future.
E: It may happen, but it doesn't have to, does it? Heaven, be praised for this! Santa! Hear me! I'm not the man I was. I'll change my life, believe me.
S: Ho, ho, ho. Good old Ebenezer Scrooge. It's Christmas Eve. Shouldn't you go somewhere?
E: Oh yes, indeed. I shall go to Fred. No, let's go to Bob first. No time to lose. Haha. I don't know what to do! A Merry Chrismaas to all the world! Boy, do you know the butcher shop around the comer?
M: Yes.
E: Good boy! Haha! Take this money and tell them to deliver their biggest turkey to Bob Cratchit. Haha. It's twice the size of Tiny Tim.
(Christmas Day: Scrooge goes to Bob Cratchit's house.)
E: Good morning, Bob.
B: Good morning, Mr Scrooge. A huge turkey was delivered here just now, I beg your pardon a thousand times, Mr Scrooge. There must be some terrible mistakes. I, I ...
E: Not at all, Bob, on the contrary. There is a turkey large enough for all of your family to enjoy, and when you come to the office tomorrow, we'll toast to the New Year with a glass of bishop wine. I'm here to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
B: But Mr Scrooge, how generous of you! Thank you. And Merry Christmas to you!
A: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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